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George Raitt

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George Raitt
Personal information
Date of birth (1888-08-14)14 August 1888
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Date of death 24 June 1960(1960-06-24) (aged 71)
Place of death Brighton, Australia[1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1911 Cambuslang Rangers
1911–1912 Huddersfield Town 6 (0)
1913–1925 Melbourne Thistle
International career
1924 Australia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Peter Raitt (14 August 1888 – 24 June 1960) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town.

Raitt moved to Victoria in Australia where he played for Melbourne Thistle, winning premierships in 1914 and 1915[2] and the league-cup double in 1925.[3] He captained the first touring Victorian state team in 1914 and continued to appear in representative teams for the state up to 1925.[4]

Raitt played three internationals for Australia, his one full A-international coming in a loss to Canada in 1924 at the age of 35.[4][5]

He died in 1960 in Melbourne.[6]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b "In Memoriam". The Huddersfield Town Collection. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ Punshon, John. "Victorian Premier League Champions". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ Punshon, John. "Dockerty Cup". OzFootball. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b Howe (2018), Encyclopedia of Socceroos, p. 227.
  5. ^ Owen, R. H. (28 June 1924). "Great Half-Back – Raitt's Soccer Record". The Sporting Globe. No. 200. Victoria, Australia. p. 7. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Mr. G. Raitt Dies at 72". The Age. 27 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 6 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

References

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  • Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Andrew Howe (2018). Encyclopedia of Socceroos: Every National Team Player. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-0648133308.